yearbers

Hi,

I have been suffering from severe depression and anxiety attacks since I was a small child. It got a lot worse in my eary teens. I have seen psychiatrists and therapists since my twenties. I am now 42yrs. I have been told I am bipolar type 2. But after years of taking so manys meds in many different combinations I feel like it has been a waste of time.

P-docs put me on antidepressents and antianxiety meds which seem to make a small difference but then have to be increased steadily for me to feel any relief. They usually have me on three or more drugs at a time. But I never feel like the depression is getting better. I constantly feel worthless and wish to die. I am also very afraid all the time.

I gave up on my last pdoc after a year an a half of him giving me meds that I have already been on that didn't work. I am tired of it all. Plus I am now on medicare and don't know how that will work with getting a new pdoc.

But I feel part of the problem is that my pdocs are not interested in PCOS. I feel that it is related. That the hormone imbalances play a part in my depression and panic attacks. I want to be well enough to work as a teacher again. I have been unable to work for about 3 years now.

Has anyone out there had problems similar to mine?
Are there psychiatrists that know about PCOS and its connections to depression?

yeabers